Stock market continues to be busy with more IPOsVietNamNet Bridge - January 2018 witnessed many IPOs of large corporations, including Binh Son Petrochemistry & Refinery JSC (BSR, UpCom), PVOil (OIL, UpCom), PVPower (POW, UpCom) and the Vietnam Rubber Group (GVR, UpCom). The total amount of money collected from the four IPOs was VND17.9 trillion, or $785 million. If counting some smaller IPOs, including Vinafood II ($51 million), Hapro ($39 million) and GENCO 3 ($8 million), the total amount is roughly $1 billion. While BSR, PVOil and PVPower successfully concluded their IPOs, others had unsatisfactory IPOs. Rong Viet Securities, in its report, said that the stock market, as the economy’s barometer, will be the first channel to reflect positive movements.